Wanted to rewrite this review because I wrote the last one at 3 in the morning.
Let's start with my least favorite part of this game. The levels, specifically the casino and rail levels. Each level theme has 2 acts. The casino stages aren't really much fun, and the music gives me a headache, casino gimmicks in sonic games aren't the best. It's just really annoying pinball and slot machines and you combine that with heroes tendency to have longer levels and it just isn't for me. The casino levels are then followed immediately by the rail levels. This aren't really horrible just boring. The rail mechanics in any game outside of sa2 (not going to make this a discussion about why sa2 rails better though) just feel lacking. It really kills my motivation to play this at all after the second stage theme because I have no desire to suffer through the casino or rail level themes. I also feel the final and ghost levels are rather weak but it's not as bad as the casino or rail levels.
The controls themselves are also slippery and feel off. I should talk about the level up system. If you kill enemies they will eventually drop orbs and if you pick them up your characters will level up and be able to do a lot more on top of getting a power/speed/flight duration boost depending on the type. Leveling up speed characters make them go insanely fast, to the point where I found myself running into walls or flying off into the abyss. Power characters and flight characters are really slow so switching to them for turns or running in a straight line because I don't really trust the speed character to implode feels off. Switching characters does just feel weird at least to me but you do get used to it. Flying also just isn't my thing in this game. You can throw your teammates which is the flight characters basic attack for a bit more air time or just spam the fly button for more height but both methods just don't feel very good. Power characters are alright even though I think the combat is button mashy.
You have to beat the game 4 times to even see the final boss which wouldn't be worse but the character variety and stages aren't much different between each character so it can repetitive. Team Rose is especially bad because despite it being the third team listed it's the easy mode. So it's just the same game you've played probably twice already except your speed character has a worse tornado jump and can't light speed dash unlike Sonic or Shadow, and with easier more shorter stage design. This wouldn't be the worse but after playing the game twice when the Team Rose stages just randomly end halfway through it just feels off, they also lack the bang most stages finish off with. Team Chaotix's stages feel like a predecessor to Shadow the Hedgehog's stage objectives which is not a good thing.
I think that wraps up all the things I dislike about this game from what I remember. If you enjoy this game though hats off to you I wish I could find enjoyment in this game. Sadly for me the best stages in this game are somewhat mediocre for me to run through.
Let's start with my least favorite part of this game. The levels, specifically the casino and rail levels. Each level theme has 2 acts. The casino stages aren't really much fun, and the music gives me a headache, casino gimmicks in sonic games aren't the best. It's just really annoying pinball and slot machines and you combine that with heroes tendency to have longer levels and it just isn't for me. The casino levels are then followed immediately by the rail levels. This aren't really horrible just boring. The rail mechanics in any game outside of sa2 (not going to make this a discussion about why sa2 rails better though) just feel lacking. It really kills my motivation to play this at all after the second stage theme because I have no desire to suffer through the casino or rail level themes. I also feel the final and ghost levels are rather weak but it's not as bad as the casino or rail levels.
The controls themselves are also slippery and feel off. I should talk about the level up system. If you kill enemies they will eventually drop orbs and if you pick them up your characters will level up and be able to do a lot more on top of getting a power/speed/flight duration boost depending on the type. Leveling up speed characters make them go insanely fast, to the point where I found myself running into walls or flying off into the abyss. Power characters and flight characters are really slow so switching to them for turns or running in a straight line because I don't really trust the speed character to implode feels off. Switching characters does just feel weird at least to me but you do get used to it. Flying also just isn't my thing in this game. You can throw your teammates which is the flight characters basic attack for a bit more air time or just spam the fly button for more height but both methods just don't feel very good. Power characters are alright even though I think the combat is button mashy.
You have to beat the game 4 times to even see the final boss which wouldn't be worse but the character variety and stages aren't much different between each character so it can repetitive. Team Rose is especially bad because despite it being the third team listed it's the easy mode. So it's just the same game you've played probably twice already except your speed character has a worse tornado jump and can't light speed dash unlike Sonic or Shadow, and with easier more shorter stage design. This wouldn't be the worse but after playing the game twice when the Team Rose stages just randomly end halfway through it just feels off, they also lack the bang most stages finish off with. Team Chaotix's stages feel like a predecessor to Shadow the Hedgehog's stage objectives which is not a good thing.
I think that wraps up all the things I dislike about this game from what I remember. If you enjoy this game though hats off to you I wish I could find enjoyment in this game. Sadly for me the best stages in this game are somewhat mediocre for me to run through.
TheCalmingStorm
7 months ago